Where does “unstreamlining” come from?
unstreamlining (English) comes from English unstreamline, from English streamline, from English stream, from Middle English streem, from Middle English strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic straum, from Proto-Germanic straumaz — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
unstreamlining (English): The act or process of making (something) unstreamlined
Definitions
- The act or process of making (something) unstreamlined
Ancestry of “unstreamlining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unstreamline | To make unstreamlined |
| 2 | English | streamline | A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of... |
| 3 | English | stream | A small river; a large creek; a body of moving... |
| 4 | Middle English | streem | Alternative form of strem |
| 5 | Middle English | strem | A waterbody; a region of the world containing... |
| 6 | Old English | strēam | current; stream |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | straum | stream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | straumaz | stream, current, river |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | srowmos | river |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |